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Hi Corolla Fans! Just following up on the maintenance and the battery. 8 months in on the Red Optima battery that I purchased & installed myself. It is testing strong still as it should. Rated CCA at 720 and tests at 834, 12.27 volts; same as when purchased. Did get the 100,000 maintenance...

For my 2013 Corolla, some Ace Hardware's have auto key shops in the stores. Got a door only unlock key and a spare FOB at Ace for a better price than the dealer.

My thoughts; if you buy a reliable car; and from my signature you can see I have had great success with Toyota's, I don't sell until it literally rots and falls apart in the driveway! Or some jackass hits me and totals my vehicle :( I have done the math and this has saved me about $40,000...

Do you have an extra FOB to test in case it is something strange with the FOB? How about if you use the key in the driver's door and turn it twice, do all doors lock/unlock or same problem?

Hi, don't know if it will help, but on my 2013 corolla, a strange popping/noise developed I could hear at low speeds and when turning the wheel. Oh shit, thought it was the axle or CV joint or something bad. Turned out the front of the wheel wells have this plastic liner that cheap plastic clips...

Well, I don't know anything, so keep that in mind reading my response :rolleyes: The automatic tranny should be a closed system where there shouldn't be outside contaminants. Also until you have lots of miles, there shouldn't be any internal contaminants except after many miles where tiny...

Hi Kinte and others! Thanks for all the suggestions on the Corolla maintenance. I did get a RED OPTIMA battery. We shall see how long it holds up, if it lasts the life of the car, hopefully it will be 20 more years! Got it at O'Reillys Auto Parts as they were the only locals to have it in...

Thanks for replying, I was just checking the local auto parts stores for a battery. I think I will give the optima red a try; it is AGM. I've only had 1 AGM battery (it was back when they first came out) and it was a piece of crap; but I will try this one. I understand they are "truly"...

Correct, NO CVT tranny

Thanks for replying ToyBoy. I had considered the automatic transmission fluid; but I have heard mixed reviews on whether you should flush the automatic transmission fluid at all. It seems if you already have 250,000+ miles on the transmission fluid and you've never flushed it; then flushing it...

Oh, and another question. In the past I've always put a fine mesh screen that doesn't interfere with airflow in front of the radiator to keep the bugs, branches, small rocks, etc from embedding in the radiator. I haven't done this on this corolla; should I, or doesn't it help protect the...

Hi, I've hit 100,000 miles on my toyota re-certified 2013 Corolla S purchased in 2015 with 30,000 miles on it. I have always changed the oil at 10,000 miles (and had blackstone oil labs do a baseline test on it when I purchased it and just had another test done and all looks good with the engine...